For the last few months, I've enjoyed working with Squam Art Workshops on a special limited edition offering for their store this summer. We came up with the Sweet Forest Sachet sets...

Each sachet has an original painting of my feather trees printed onto kona cotton fabric on one side and soft and nubby burlap on the other along with an inpiring word hand stamped onto a muslin patch. They are filled with balsam pine that I sourced from a lovely company in Maine. The pine is pesticide and chemical free. Each sachet measures just over 4x4 inches and can be ordered in sets of two or three. They are now available here.

Just like that. My sweet girl with the big brown eyes and sparkling personality. She leaves love notes in the morning to her dad and I. She loves animals and comforts others when she sees they are sad or hurting. She loves to read and write her own stories and read them to her little sister. She sketches designs for headbands, dresses and jewelry. She refused to wear shorts to school on field day. A skirt was her clothing of choice, "Because it's my team color blue" She proudly wore it out on the field (the only girl in a skirt) and ran just as fast as the second graders. Yeah! She's brave, bright and beautiful and I'm incredibly proud & blessed to have her as my daughter.

I'm so happy that Spring is here! The weather has been so good to us here in the North East. After studying and test taking for graduate school, its nice to have some creative time and sunshine. I've added a few Spring decor items into my shop on Etsy. Here is a little peek...

Hello again...it's been awhile. 2011 ended with construction & chaos in our home amidst the holiday season. The contractors finally left a few days before Christmas. Then we quickly found a tree and hung our decorations and stockings up just before Santa arrived.

Now a new year, a fresh calendar, another birthday and a strong urge to revisit my old dreams that I had set on the back burner for awhile while we began our little family. Now is the time to follow those almost forgotten dreams. I'm going back to school! My youngest will begin kindergarten next fall and I should have a bit more time to study and hopefully continue to paint & create. Graduate school with children, I can only imagine, be challenging. But so worth it when I finally become a teacher in a field that I'm very passionate about. Art Education.

But with changes and fresh starts, there is a clearing and simplifying that occurs, because I know I don't want to do it all. So, I've made the decision to cease making dolls and toys indefinitely, and close up my bumblebird shop. I still have quite a collection of toys remaining, so I will keep the shop open for the next few months. Every item has been reduced in price up to 50 percent. I need to make room for the books...

I'm so incredibly thankful to my customers and friends for their support and encouragement as I took on this amazing journey during a chapter of my life when I needed to carve out a little creative time for myself while raising my babes. Thank you.

I'm still painting & making things I love and will be sharing new creations from time to time in my other shop.

Well, it's that time of year again, when I begin tinkering with new designs for ornaments to hang on the tree. My latest ornaments are these sweet little wool felt horses that are entirely stitched by hand. They would look great on a tree or hanging with a stocking. Although, I can imagine leaving these little guys up all year...

I created the horses with soft colors of wool felt, The eyes are stitched on both sides of the horse, so that they can hang in either direction. They are lightly filled with 100% pure wool and I stitched a natural twill tape loop to the top. Each horse measures 5 inches high and almost 9 inches long. They can be found in my Etsy shop here. I have been so in love with horses this past year, I wish we could have one here, but for now I will wander down the road to visit the two beauties at the Medad Stone Tavern.